Improvement in table-tongs



J. HUFFMAN & J. PUNKHOUSER.

. Ta,b1e-T0ngs.

N0. l97,372. Patented Nov. 20,1877.

NV TOR ATTORNEYS N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHUGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JAMES HUFFMAN, OF MOUNT CRAWFORD, AND JOSEPH FUNKHOUSER, ,OF KEEZLETOWN,VIRGINIA.

IM PROVEMENT IN TABLE-TONGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,372, dated November20, 1877; application filed September 27, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J AMES HUFFMAN, of Mount Crawford, Rockinghamcounty, Virginia, and JOSEPH FuNKHoUsEE, of Keezletown, in the county ofRockingham, and in the State of Virginia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Table-Outlery; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of our invention consists in the peculiar construction of animplement to be used as table-tongs, which will be hereinafter morefully described.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use our invention, wewill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing, making part of this specification, thefigure represents a perspective of our invention.

This implement is formed of a single piece of spring-steel or othersuitable metal, and somewhat in the shape of a pair of sugar-tongs, fortable purposes, as will be seen.

A represents the body of the implement, and B B two pieces formed onsaid body for thumb and finger pieces. The two ends or jaws of theimplement are provided with V- shaped notches O, which are opposite eachother. The metal is perfectly flat from O to a: on the jaws, so thatthey (the jaws) may fit snugly together.

The object of this implement is to hold chicken or other bones whileeating, as well as to pick out fish-bones. The bone, while eating, isheld firmly in the notches O C. When not used for holding bones whilethe flesh is being picked ofl, the flat part from G to m serves to catchand remove fish-bones.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The spring-body A, provided with jaws, in which are the notches O C, andon which are formed the surfaces from O to m, as and for the purposesset forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 23d day of August, 1877.

JAMES HUFFMAN. JOSEPH FUNKHOUSER. Witnesses:

FRANK GALT, B. R. Ross.

